Hi, I'm keeping two hives in northern New York in a heavily forested area - no fields and the tree blooms are done. I've been told by a couple regional bee keepers that my location may require continued feeding through the summer, but I also read that feeding should never be done once a super is added. Last year one of my hives absconded in the early fall and it seems likely that lack of stores due to a very prolonged wet and cold spring may have been a factor. They'd been treated for mites and otherwise seemed to be well. Thanks